NORC Blog - English version tag:blog.norc.eu,2009-08-26:/en//2 2010-06-30T10:31:28Z Movable Type 4.31-en Introducing the world's first virtually explorable Delta tag:blog.norc.eu,2010:/en//2.78 2010-06-30T08:56:03Z 2010-06-30T10:31:28Z As of today, we have uploaded and made available the first 1000 panoramas taken from the Danube Delta. The panoramas were taken with the support of the National Marine Geology and Geoecology Research and Development Institute - GeoEcoMar (www.geoecomar.ro). Feel... Ionut www.geoecomar.ro).

Feel free to visit the Street-view section of our website and explore one of the most beautiful natural habitats in Romania, declared as being part of the world heritage by UNESCO.

Navigate through the panoramas using the arrows and the mouse to take a full tour of the Delta.

Try using full screen to get the maximum relaxation effect.

The Danube Delta panoramas are part of an experimental shooting, that will continue until autumn, when we will release a new set of trails through the Delta.


Start exploring the Danube Delta now!

]]> Norc StreetView takes you to the best road in the world! tag:blog.norc.eu,2010:/en//2.75 2010-06-28T08:14:14Z 2010-06-28T08:55:43Z We have just finished creating the panoramic street-views for, a national Romanian road that crosses the Carpathian Mountains, connecting Muntenia to Transilvania. You can now visit one of the most spectacular roads in the world, using our StreetView service, and... Ionut
Jeremy Clarkson, one of the presenters of the famous Top Gear show called the Transfagarasan "the best road in the world" According to Jeremy, the Transfagarasan Road is so spectacular, that it surpasses even the Stelvio Pass, in Italy.

You can start the street-view tour of the Transfagarasan Road with this street panorama:



Share it with your friends using the panolink: http://www.norc.ro/pano/WX3Agvjl/

Feel free to go forwards and backwards using the navigation arrows, or use the map to directly select which panoramic view you want to navigate through.

Finally, tell us what YOU think of the Transfagarasan Road. Can you NOT agree with Jeremy Clarkson? ;)]]> Street panoramas now with 3D effect for six Eastern and Central European Countries tag:blog.norc.eu,2010:/en//2.52 2010-05-11T09:00:24Z 2010-05-11T09:31:47Z NORC, the only Eastern European street view service that covers 6 countries across CEE from Romania to Austria has enabled its panoramic imagery to be viewed in 3D with cyan-magenta stereoscopic glasses. The 3D effect adds depth and perspective to... Ionut the only Eastern European street view service that covers 6 countries across CEE from Romania to Austria has enabled its panoramic imagery to be viewed in 3D with cyan-magenta stereoscopic glasses.

The 3D effect adds depth and perspective to street-level panoramas when viewed with cyan-magenta stereoscopic glasses.

All street-level panoramas that NORC covers across CEE (Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Austria) can now be viewed in 3D.

Try it now, if you have a pair of 3D glasses at hand:

]]> Write a review in norc.ro! tag:blog.norc.eu,2009:/en//2.32 2009-11-08T13:26:17Z 2009-11-08T13:28:55Z If you've visited www.norc.ro recently, you've probably noticed that we have a new section which gives you lots of valuable information about the urban jungle. In the review section (available only for Romanian site at the moment) you can find... Rucsandra If you've visited www.norc.ro recently, you've probably noticed that we have a new section which gives you lots of valuable information about the urban jungle. In the review section (available only for Romanian site at the moment) you can find restaurants, cinemas, art galleries and all sorts of other places from Bucharest, Constanta, Iasi and Cluj. Bucharest is the „most populated" city in NORC, having over 1000 locations mapped. You can look on our site for a bank, a shop, a vet, a beauty parlor and many other useful places - you name them. What's more, you can add locations yourself and you can write reviews of the places you've been to and made an impression on you. Of course, you can share this information with your friends or with other members of the NORC community. Bigger, better, faster, more tag:blog.norc.eu,2009:/en//2.29 2009-10-08T14:49:12Z 2009-10-09T13:04:02Z Recently, we've made a few adjustments to our site. We've re-written the algorithm for positioning on the map. Now, you can use the maps from over 600 cities in Romania, not only those which we had already covered and... Rucsandra

Recently, we've made a few adjustments to our site. We've re-written the algorithm for positioning on the map. Now, you can use the maps from over 600 cities in Romania, not only those which we had already covered and transformed into panoramas. Moreover, we have improved the street level positioning. Now on each panorama we have the approximate address of the place where it has been taken (country, city and most of the times also the street). You might find this feature interesting especially if you want to send a panorama to a friend or use it as an embed in another site.

The cities that have been turned into panoramas are still available as links on the site, down under the map.

And that's not all we've done to make the site more user friendly. In addition to all these, we've created a "report this panorama" click button on each panorama. In case we have forgotten to blur a face or the content of the panorama is inappropriate in any way, just click that button, and we'll try to fix the issue as fast as we can.

Come visit the upgraded NORC and let us know if you find these changes useful.

]]> Office on wheels tag:blog.norc.eu,2009:/en//2.28 2009-10-08T14:47:49Z 2009-10-09T13:09:02Z The NORC vans are equipped with everything you can find in a regular office - computer, keyboard, monitor and even a mouse. Two things are missing indeed - the fax machine and the printer. Instead we have the cameras... Rucsandra

The NORC vans are equipped with everything you can find in a regular office - computer, keyboard, monitor and even a mouse. Two things are missing indeed - the fax machine and the printer. Instead we have the cameras on top of the car that need our special attention.

As the Norcmobiles are genuine offices on wheels that transform spectacular or mundane sites and sceneries into panoramas, the cameras are the stars. The resolution has to be checked regularly as the light changes and all the cameras have to shot in the same time. When the system desynchronizes, the driver is automatically noticed. Then, he has to pull over, fix the problem and go back to the point where the problem occurred. a1NORC 033.jpg

]]> What's Cookin' Doc? tag:blog.norc.eu,2009:/en//2.25 2009-10-01T06:48:44Z 2009-10-01T06:50:49Z Maybe you've seen the NORC car passing through your town, a Dacia Logan van, with more cameras on top. I'm not sure though you were lucky enough to see the first NORC car which had a cooking pot on... Rucsandra

Maybe you've seen the NORC car passing through your town, a Dacia Logan van, with more cameras on top. I'm not sure though you were lucky enough to see the first NORC car which had a cooking pot on it. Because there was such a thing, at the time when our cars were still in beta.

We've started to equip the first car in February 2008. One of the problems was that we had to figure out was how to attach the cameras so that they stay fixed on their stand. A colleague had the crazy idea to use a pot to support the cameras. We went to the store and got a pretty expensive one. It had to hold approximately 20 kilograms of equipment.

The car went out on the streets of Bucharest, and then returned to the "laboratory" where we replaced the cooking pot with an aluminium stand, lighter but strong enough to sustain the cameras keeping the right angle and the right height.

The software that makes the cameras to be triggered at the same time so the pictures make up a panorama was also designed by the NORC team. The cars came out of beta in March last year. We started photographing Bucharest and then we went on to Central Europe.

Now, technology has greatly evolved and that made our job much easier. masina_norc blog1.jpg

]]> Panoramas from the Austrian Alps tag:blog.norc.eu,2009:/en//2.22 2009-09-28T11:13:57Z 2009-10-01T06:51:57Z As winter holiday is on its way, we thought you'll be in the mood for skiing and hiking. The NORC team took a trip in the Austrian lands of Tirol, Vorarlberg and Salzburg. For more than four weeks we drove... Rucsandra As winter holiday is on its way, we thought you'll be in the mood for skiing and hiking. The NORC team took a trip in the Austrian lands of Tirol, Vorarlberg and Salzburg. For more than four weeks we drove our norcmobiles through the Austrian Alps and we managed to turn 2600 kilometers into the most beautiful panoramas.

Honestly, we really liked what we discovered there. The panoramas are already online. You can take a virtual trip to Innsbruck, Axams, Ischgl. Zell am See, Kitzbuhel or Krumbach anytime now. If you enjoyed the resorts, all you have to do is to wait for the snow to come. Then, you can take your skies or your snowboard and off you go!

 

]]> Media coverage tag:blog.norc.eu,2009:/en//2.20 2009-09-28T07:09:48Z 2009-09-28T07:12:28Z Rucsandra Kurier Austria

http://kurier.at/nachrichten/techno/1936553.php 

 

Gazeta Poland

http://technologie.gazeta.pl/technologie/1,93213,6196156,Street_View_dla_Polski_od_rumunskiej_firmy_Norc.html 

http://miasta.gazeta.pl/krakow/1,85488,6570687,Przez_Google_beda_ogladac_Twoja_ulice.html

 

PC World Poland

http://www.pcworld.pl/artykuly/340974/Norc.pl.wirtualne.wycieczki.po.miastach.Polski.html

 

România liberă Romania

http://www.romanialibera.ro/a145145/norc-ro-aplicatia-romaneasca-similara-cu-street-view-de-la-google.html 

 

Business Magazin Romania

http://www.businessmagazin.ro/business-hi-tech/site-ul-saptamanii/internet-de-cartier-3892471 

http://www.businessmagazin.ro/business-hi-tech/lupta-pentru-cea-mai-buna-harta-online-a-bucurestiului-4296619 

 

Jurnalul Național Romania

http://www.jurnalul.ro/stire-it/internet-pe-strada-de-la-monitor-142873.html 

 

Academia Cațavencu Romania

http://www.catavencu.ro/marti_9_iunie_super_oferta_in_turismul_romanesc_dai_un_ban_dar_stai_acasa-8318.html 

http://www.catavencu.ro/hai_norc_si_la_mai_mare-9930.html 

]]> Geolocalisation using Open Street Map tag:blog.norc.eu,2009:/en//2.10 2009-08-28T13:46:55Z 2009-08-31T10:27:31Z Maybe you are wondering how come we can pinpoint a location on the map. Or maybe you are wondering which kind of map we are using, or if it is correct. Our work is updating continuously and the same... Rucsandra
Our work is updating continuously and the same goes with the data we work on. We have chosen to work on the information given by Open Street Map which is kind of a Wikipedia of the maps. That is Open Street Map is user generated. Open Street Map allows you to view, edit and use geographical data in a collaborative way from anywhere on Earth.

Sometimes the information we find there is not accurate, so in the trails we make with our cars, we "up-date the map" and share this information with Open Street Map so it can become better as well. The pictures we take are linked with a geo-positioning system (GPS) and a correction system (DGPS), so we always know where a picture has been taken.

We believe that in present times the internet needs generosity and sharing so it can become better and more useful to everybody.]]> NORC opens hailing frequencies tag:blog.norc.eu,2009:/en//2.9 2009-08-28T13:39:12Z 2009-09-21T09:09:04Z We are a bunch of guys who had a dream: to put this side of the world on the map through panoramic images. We did that all by ourselves, with the technology we developed and we didn't think for one... Rucsandra
The most difficult thing was building the first car. We had to think about how to position the cameras, which angles they should capture, for how long, how they should synchronize with the computers inside.

But this is why we were quite busy since January 2008 and it is only now that we want to concentrate on the community and open the hailing frequencies. The community was very important to us from the beginning, as the news of our existence spread rapidly across the web and people embraced our idea.

So the NORC blog will be the place where you'll find out about all the new stuff that we are doing and lots of stories about how we do it, because life at NORC is full of adventure.]]> ABOUT NORC tag:blog.norc.eu,2009:/en//2.8 2009-08-28T13:37:22Z 2009-09-28T07:08:56Z NORC is the first online service in Central and Eastern Europe that offers panoramic images from the street level. These panoramic images enable virtual tours in the cities covered by NORC and are realized using a proprietary technology. The positioning... Rucsandra
]]> NORC TEAM tag:blog.norc.eu,2009:/en//2.23 2009-08-28T11:31:41Z 2009-09-28T11:32:21Z Name: George Ionescu Age: 34 Profession: Economist (really, I graduated Cybernetics) Job at NORC: Programming geek. I wrote almost everything named GIS in NORC (cars software included) Marital status: Married, 1 child Hours per day spent working: Too many! So... Rucsandra Name: George Ionescu

Age: 34

Profession: Economist (really, I graduated Cybernetics)

Job at NORC: Programming geek. I wrote almost everything named GIS in NORC (cars software included)

Marital status: Married, 1 child

Hours per day spent working: Too many! So many that sometimes I don't have enough time for my family L

Panoramas I really want to see in NORC: Vienna (Austria), Bucharest (Romania), Budapest (Hungary) are already there. One day, I hope we'll also have panoramas from Las Vegas (US), even if my friends say it's kitschy. I would also like to see Dubai (UAE) in NORC.

 

Name: Lucian Neagu

Age: 39

Profession: Vet

Job at NORC: Manager

Marital status: Married, 2 children

Previous jobs: A veterinary clinique, Eon Programming S.A

Hours per day spent working: As many as I can

 

Name: Adrian Enache

Age: 41

Profession: Electronics engineer

Job at NORC: Programmer

Marital status: Married, 1 child

Previous jobs: Eon Programming S.A

Hours per day spent working: Too many!

Panoramas I really want to see in NORC: Tirol (Austria)

 

Name: Andrei Neagu

Age: 42

Profession: Physics engineer

Job at NORC: Manager

Marital status: Married, 2 children

Previous jobs: FX Internet, Eon Programming S.A

Hours per day spent working: Many hours, at night

Panoramas I really want to see in NORC: Barcelona (Spain)

 

Name: Laurentiu Anghel

Age: 42

Profession: Civil engineer

Job at NORC: Manager

Marital status: Married, 2 children

Previous jobs: FX Internet, Aston S.A

Hours per day spent working: I do get involved

Panoramas I really want to see in NORC: Moeciu (Romania)

 

]]> CONTACT tag:blog.norc.eu,2009:/en//2.19 2009-08-28T07:07:37Z 2009-09-28T07:13:32Z Rucsandra

Write to us for general info: contact@norc.eu;
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]]> NORC SITES tag:blog.norc.eu,2009:/en//2.21 2009-08-27T07:14:45Z 2009-09-28T11:33:41Z România - www.norc.ro Austria - www.norc.at Ungaria - www.norc.hu Cehia - www.norc.cz Slovacia - www.norc.sk Polonia - www.norc.pl Rusia - www.mappi.ru... Rucsandra România - www.norc.ro

Austria - www.norc.at

Ungaria - www.norc.hu

Cehia - www.norc.cz

Slovacia - www.norc.sk

Polonia - www.norc.pl

Rusia - www.mappi.ru

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